PlayStation3
  | Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game Of The Olympic Games£39.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £49.99 | You save: £10.00 (20%) Temporarily out of stock. This item will be dispatched as soon as it arrives. |
- 38 Official Events: Across ten Olympic disciplines, represent the country of your choice and compete for honour in Track and Field, Aquatics, Gymnastics, Cycling, Judo, Table tennis, Kayaking and many more.
- In-Depth Career and Competition Modes: Organise your daily schedule and customise your chosen team with agility, power, stamina and speed for competition in over 38 events. In Competition Mode, participate with up to three friends in either a single or multi-event challenge.
- Innovative Gameplay Mechanics: Use a variety of controls across all the events including a time-based system where timing, power and angle are essential, rhythm-based play that requires skill of increasing and maintaining speed, and a targeting system to assist in aiming.
- Global Online Competition: Choose your country and become a member of the Olympic team and face challenges from across all nations. A multitude of online features such as exhibition events, ghost times and leader boards will allow players to prove themselves before the world.
- Capturing the Olympic Spirit: The official video game of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing 2008 offers full branding and realistic recreations of the official Olympic stadiums. The game offers you a chance to soak up the atmosphere of this prestigious worldwide event and bring home the gold!
Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country and bring home the gold.
Appearing on the PlayStation 3 for the first time, Beijing 2008 delivers an entertaining and immersive Olympic experience. The superior graphics capture the fine emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. The innovative game mechanics challenge a player's time, speed and co-ordination. Compete for glory with up to seven friends online; strive to break records as you lead your country to victory. This summer show your patriotism and bring home the gold!
Average rating (64 reviews)
Waste of money
crocodiletears | 01/09/2008 | See all crocodiletears' reviews (23) »
I strongly suggest you avoid this purchase at all costs. This is probably the worst game I have ever played.
Most of the events are just smashing the buttons. Now I know they have added the the ability to wiggle the analogue stick rather than button mashing but it just doesnt work....how fast do they expect you to be able to do this??
I would not even buy this game if it was £10.
Avoid at all costs !!!
Hmmmmmmm
unhappy12 | 30/08/2008 | See all unhappy12's reviews (7) »
Dont know quite what game others are playing here. Yes it is difficult and yes Judo is impossible, however I have managed to win a number of events in Olympic mode and get through the whole game. It takes time and effort but is a decent athletics game.
A game of two halves
seby1230 | 25/08/2008 | See all seby1230's reviews (3) »
My rating for this game is mixed. Half of the events on there are really good and are good fun. Like swimming, diving and most of the field events. They are not too easy but not too hard.
Then some of the games on there are a nightmare. The sprinting events are impossible and the best i can get is 6th. Also kayaking also is really hard and as other people have said the judo is the worst thing on there and got me very wound up. Also pole vault is a joke and i cant seem to do it at all.
The olympic games mode is a bit boring really and is poorly done. They will put 5 easy events one day and then 5 of the hardest on another!
I would say this game is still good but a few of the events are extremely difficult
PAL: Will play on UK and European Playstation3 only | |
3+ (PEGI) |
